India, July 2 -- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) was pulled up for faulty roadwork after three people died in Madhya Pradesh's Indore due to a 40-hour traffic jam.

However, the NHAI's answer in the Madhya Pradesh high court appeared to be blaming the public instead.

After the Madhya Pradesh high court pulled up the court over the 40-hour traffic jam on the Indore-Dewas section of the Agra-Mumbai National Highway, the highway body, rather than take responsibility for the damage, responded with - "Why do people even leave home so early without any work?"

As per an NDTV report, this response came from the legal counsel of NHAI during the hearing of a PIL case in the MP high court.

After the death of three people due to th...